Recent History
After graduation from the McCombs School of Business at
The University of Texas at Austin, Ryan was hired by National Instruments
(NI) in June 2004 as a Programmer Analyst, since then he has been
promoted to a Programmer Analyst IV, as of November 2008. His
projects thus far have included work in the following spaces: Web
Analytics, Data-Mining, SOA, Email Marketing, Online Communities,
Automated Test, Java Development standards, and unofficially much
more. Currently he leads the Web Community team helping National
Instruments stay abreast of latest social collaboration paradigms, and
leverage them to engage customers, partners, and much more. In
addition to his technical
work, Ryan enjoys working with the McCombs School of Business, to
assist future MIS graduates in finding their niche in the technology
industry. His immediate contributions include volunteering his time at
alumni-student functions, and working with IT interns while at NI to
better their careers.
As of May 12th, 2007, Ryan
married his girlfriend of three years, Michelle Runyan. They were
engaged in June 2006, after returning from their backpacking trip to
Peru in April 2006. The wedding
was a testiment to Michelle and Ryan as a couple, anything but
ordinary, including canoes, dance sequences, and pyrotechnics. Most recently, he and his wife received their first true gift, a baby girl named Madilyn Mae Rutan in October 2009. Now starts Ryan's life as a husband AND father ... stay tuned! |




